Chapter 114

Qin Miao glanced at the speaking Qiewaliye, smiled: "We Easterners don't understand, you French do? In this field, you're also only half-knowing, right?"

That's impossible, we certainly truly understand!

If you really understand, how come you don't even have a 1,000-kilowatt turboshaft engine on hand? Qin Miao said: "Don't say you don't need it! You just can't make one!"

The French, pursuing national defense independence, can thus almost autonomously produce all kinds of military-industrial products; hearing it sounds powerful, but they have everything, yet everything is scarce.

In the realm of fighter jet engines, for a long time only turbojet engines existed; to make the Mirage 2000, they developed the M53 engine, which is the world's only single-shaft turbofan, with low pressure ratio and fuel consumption not much better than turbojets.

Later, the Rafale used the M88 engine, which is actually a copy of the F404; they haven't fully grasped the technology, clearly the turbine inlet temperature is much higher, yet overall performance is about the same.

The main producer of turboshaft engines for helicopters is Turbomeca; founded in 1938, it initially made internal combustion engines, then during WWII shifted to aircraft engine compressors, turbine compressors, etc.; after WWII it began producing gas turbine engines, and its main business thus turned to helicopter engines.

The Dolphin Helicopter before us uses the 'Arriel' 1C turboshaft engine, single-unit power 522 kilowatts. The previously introduced Huey helicopter used the Turmo IIIC turboshaft engine, single-unit power 990 kilowatts, and because of its large takeoff weight, it even had three!

Looking at the US, the ten-ton-class Black Hawk, a jack-of-all-trades, uses the General Electric T700-GE-700 turboshaft engine, single-unit power 1,165 kilowatts.

It can be said that whether one can manufacture a turboshaft engine above 1,000 kilowatts is the key to being strong; in this regard, the French are still far behind!

'You……' Qiewaliye almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

'Mr. Qin, since you understand engines, can you solve this engine's cold-start problem?' Auguste said.

This Eastern youngster before us is indeed quite uncanny; they've developed advanced composite materials, which will cover the rotor and rear fuselage, reducing weight and increasing strength, perhaps solving the Black Hawk helicopter problem that's troubled them for months.

As for this cold-start, if it really works, it will be of great use later; for example, if we ever invade the old Maozi's territory, their helicopters won't be able to start in winter, which would cause a big problem!

'Of course, we wouldn't do it ourselves; would we really have to pay a high price to ask you for help? Moreover, you might not even be able to solve the problem.'

'Hmph, then tell me, how to solve it?'

'Well…… Factory Director Zhang, it's about time; shouldn't the French technical advisors go eat?'

Zhang Zhiqiang quickly reacted: 'Yes, everyone, today's maiden flight…… we've prepared a lavish lunch, and please proceed to the cafeteria……'

This is to prevent the French from seeing!

Qiewaliye glanced at Qin Miao: 'If you privately disassemble the engine and cause damage, it's nothing to do with us! We're leaving!'

The French left, the factory personnel in charge of reception also left; the remaining people looked at the helicopter…… and worried.

'Comrade Qin Miao, do you really have a way to solve this engine's cold-start problem?' Zhang Zhiqiang said.

Qin Miao shook his head: 'No.'

'Then what else……'

'At that situation, the French clearly wanted to shirk; I was just indignant. Although we're encountering this advanced engine for the first time, as long as we use our brains, we'll surely have a solution! I don't believe there's any problem in the world that Easterners can't solve!'

'That's right, well said!' Lao Lin said: 'Back when the country was dirt poor and blockaded, we still got the two bombs and a satellite! If foreigners won't solve it for us, we'll solve it ourselves! Comrade Qin Miao, I support you!'

Before, Lao Lin had heard of Qin Miao, but since it didn't involve aviation industry, he hadn't met him before; now it's still the first contact, and he felt Qin Miao's uplifting fighting spirit, and was very pleased.

On the contrary, many of the old comrades here have become stagnant, not seeking progress; when faced with difficulty, they retreat—this won't do!

'San Shui, I'll go call the people from our Department 2?' Director Mao asked from the side.

Today's helicopter maiden flight, Director Mao and Qin Miao both came; originally just to join the fun, unexpectedly a technical problem arose, and we even had a dispute with the French; this venue, we from Ha Gong Da must regain!

Those involving aircraft engines are the Power Engineering Department; its boiler specialty already designs boilers for the Red Flag Boiler Factory; as for the thermal turbomachinery specialty, that actually corresponds to the aircraft engine specialty.

Bring over the people with matching specialties!

'Hmm, we should invite them over, but…… we could also first look for the cause ourselves; the comrade who just did the test flight said the lubricant pressure is high, perhaps because it's too cold outside, making the lubricant viscosity too high, causing poor flow; so…… should we try thickening the lubricant pipes?'

The difficulty of cold-starting this engine is actually just this oil pipe! The solution to this fault was already achieved after 1990; at the time, the Ha Cheng Anshan Factory responsible for reverse-engineering the engine, facing cold-start difficulty, didn't back down, led a team to work 72 hours without sleep, and found the problem with this oil pipe; after thickening it, it was solved!

Now, this modification plan has been plagiarized by Qin Miao; anyway, this reasoning is also sound, with the initial encouragement from Chu Miaomiao, Qin Miao doesn't want to hide his talent anymore, all for the development of the nation's military industry!

'Replace the oil pipe? Not that easy, right?' An engineer on site said: 'If it were really that simple to solve, then……'

'Old Zhao, what do you mean by that?' Zhang Zhiqiang's face darkened: 'Do you have a solution to the problem?'

Engineer Old Zhao hastily shook his head: 'No.'

'You yourself have no plan, yet you reject others' proposals—what attitude is this?'

Old Zhao was startled, then realized: what everyone should be doing now is actively thinking of ways to solve the problem, definitely not pouring cold water! What just happened to me? My mind went blank, I actually did such a foolish thing!

'Factory Director, I'll go back to the workshop now to make a thicker oil pipe!'

'Master Zhao, thanks for your hard work! Note, the inside of this oil pipe must be repeatedly flushed with high-pressure air; even a tiny metal fragment could damage the engine.'

'Hmm, Comrade Qin Miao, rest assured!'